1445993 Responseshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.elephantjournal.com%2F2011%2F03%2Fgenghis-khan-funny-smithsonian-ad-campaign%2FGenghis+Khan+got+with+so+many+chicks+there%27s+a+.5%25+chance+you%27re+related+to+him.2011-03-23+15%3A00%3A13elephant+journalhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.elephantjournal.com%2F%3Fp%3D144599 to “Genghis Khan got with so many chicks there’s a .5% chance you’re related to him.”

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Whitney R: Insightful comment, Jonathan. You've made me reconsider. Now that you mention it, my opposition to rape must stem from my feminist indoctrination in college. I now see that historical rape is actually funny.

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Jonathan Winocour
Okay…let me see…I appreciate the "insightful" damning with faint praise, so let me just put a mirror on that, and ask how much "insight" it took to figure out Genghis Khan's numerous sexual "conquests" were not willing supplicants? What…'s more, if we're really gonna get interesting, let's talk about whether Brett Michaels is engaging in some species of "rape" (if you'll concede "rape" is an ill-defined term) by predating on the woefully stupid amongst the female population by showing them his stairway to heaven.

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Brian: He was a conqueror. Divine say some. It was customary in his time to take from the vanquished. Women were considered to be bounty and property. I understand your anger at the hint of rape, but it has not been very long in history that women have the control of their lives like they do here today in America.

the smithsonian isn't down with these.. they were done by design students for a school project. what do you think the smithsonian didn't like?? .. here is some more work by one of the artists: http://cargocollective.com/jennyleighb